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So Kevin is going nuts on Facebook this morning. I'll just leave this here.
(Morning Armchair Thoughts)
When I first came to this thread I honest to goodness believed that Kevin was just a victim who was struggling and misguided. Being a victim of Lori myself, I felt that perhaps if Kevin was exposed to the truth enough he would realize he’s not crazy or alone and get out of there (perhaps leaving some good milk in his wake.)
After hearing from various first-hand accounts I’ve begun to think Lori’s sad excuse to recreate her reality deeply resonated with the desires of Kevin from 3-4 years ago and has enabled him to become the kow he is today. From my own experience with Lori, both in person and online, she was convinced she possessed the spring of eternal youth. Rikki had told me (of one of her many shittalk episodes) that I would age and wrinkle early but she was “immortal and would never age.” I’d like to believe that it was a figure of speech, but I’m curious if she truly believes it because I’d seen her post about it multiple times on facebook before she blocked me.
Enter Kevin, who seemingly has a strong desire to remain a youthful bishounen (bishojou?) and absolutely believes that Lori is a key to living this impossible anime dream life on sight. Sight being her at that time less edited photos on the internet. (I wonder if his perception of her was shattered the moment they met IRL hahaha) Not only did he initially help her take off on instagram, he was definitely the reason she looked good at all since her craftsmanship is so incredibly poor. He’s invested his time, money, and passion into this...project. Where’s his reward? What is his end goal here?
The impression I’m now left with is he’s definitely a willing participant. But I absolutely cannot fathom why he’s still there if he’s not getting anything out of it. He’s lost his following, his friends, his sex life is held hostage, he’s flat out broke and seems to have destroyed all his potential escape routes? Does he realize he’s posting this capslock meltdown on public? Any hope he had for making more than minimum wage in a field that requires you to have even a speck of reputation is currently being destroyed by his own hands. Does he not realize the long term consequences of his actions or does he simply not believe they apply to him?
I think I have more questions than answers on this guy at this point. My biggest question(s) being:
How the hell are these two going to survive both individually and together for the next year? 6 months? Surely this lifestyle isn’t sustainable with how poorly the two of them execute it?
and
If When Lori’s InflUwUencer “career” fails, will she still have worth to Kevin? Or is her follower count the actual only reason they’re still together?
eta: grammar (kinda)
inb4 Kowvin makes a post saying “OMG U GUYZ R JUST HATERZZ. I WUV MY GIRLFRIEND FIANCEE TWICE REMOVED SO MUCH BECAUSE SHE IS VERY SWEET AND KIND TO HER ANIMALS ITS NOT BECAUSE OF HER FOLLOWING U GUYZ R JUST JEALOUS OF
MY OUR SUCCESS. GO DIE LOSERS THE INTERNET ISN’T REAL XDDD”